Farming Programme
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Farming Programme - 19th January 2020
Sunday, January 19th, 2020
Sean looks at two very different machines - one is the worlds fastest, the other among the biggest.
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Farming Programme - 12th January 2020
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
There are highlights from both the Oxford Farming Conference and the big LAMMA show in Birmingham on this weeks Farming Programme.
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Farming Programme - 5th January 2020
Sunday, January 5th, 2020
Sean's discussing New Year Resolutions on this weeks Farming Programme.
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Farming Programme - 29th December 2019
Sunday, December 29th, 2019
It’s the annual Farming Programne Pantomine this week. All your regular contributors bring you The Wizard of Agr-OZ-Amy.
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Farming Programme - 22nd December 2019
Sunday, December 22nd, 2019
It’s the last Farming Programme proper of the year and Sean returns to the most talked about issue of the year... the bad weather!
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Farming Programme - 15th December 2019
Sunday, December 15th, 2019
Reaction to the results of the general election. Plus we celebrate a milestone for the Farmers Buying Group - Woldmarsh.
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Farming Programme - 8th December 2019
Sunday, December 8th, 2019
There's an update on the sugar beet campaign. Plus, with the general election looming, Sean asks: "Are our politicians taking the issues of food and farming seriously enough?"
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Farming Programme - 1st December 2019
Sunday, December 1st, 2019
Sean’s at Croptech discussing Crop Protection with the NFU’s Senior Plant Health Advisor. Plus, he’s launching his Farming Positivity campaign.
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Farming Programme - 24th November 2019
Sunday, November 24th, 2019
The NFU’s Deputy President discusses flooding, the environment, Brexit and the General Election. Plus, the call to get more teenagers interested in being farm mechanics, keeping our tractors moving.
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Farming Programme - 17th November 2019
Sunday, November 17th, 2019
You’ve seen the images, we meet the farmers who’s land is underwater, with even more flooding likely. Also, on a lighter note, we look at the World’s Fastest Tractor, ahead of Guy Martin’s TV attempt to drive it at over 100 miles an hour on Sunday night.
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Farming Programme - 10th November 2019
Sunday, November 10th, 2019
More on the wet weather that's wiping winter wheat drilling...leaving some farmers asking "what's the point, anymore?"
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Farming Programme - 3rd November 2019
Sunday, November 3rd, 2019
Why the December general election brings more uncertainty to those in agriculture. Plus....if you’re in farming, Sean might be able to save you some money.
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Farming Programme - 27th October 2019
Sunday, October 27th, 2019
An update from British Sugar on the Beet campaign. Plus Sean takes a look around a new combine harvester...and meets one farmer who likes it so much, he’s bought two of them!
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Farming Programme - 20th October 2019
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
It’s Harvest Festival season, so Sean is asking whether it’s a harvest worth celebrating? He’ll chat with an Agricultural Chaplain plus returns to the Yorkshire farmers who’s harvest was destroyed by flooding.
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Farming Programme - 13th October 2019
Sunday, October 13th, 2019
We’re celebrating the National Ploughing Championships....with the current National Champion and holder of the Golden Plough!
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Farming Programme - 6th October 2019
Sunday, October 6th, 2019
Sean chats with the egg producer heading to Africa to help poverty-hit farmers in the country.
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Farming Programme - 29th September 2019
Sunday, September 29th, 2019
Sean looks at the fight to stop oil seed rape crops from being destroyed...costing farmers a fortune. Plus, he helps launch Young Farmers Week
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Farming Programme - 22nd September 2019
Sunday, September 22nd, 2019
Sean meets the winner of the Golden Fork at this year’s Great Taste Awards....a small-scale pig farmer who, 20 years ago, helped launch the now popular farmers markets.
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Farming Programme - 15th September 2019
Sunday, September 15th, 2019
Sean discusses plans for agriculture to be carbon-neutral within 20 years. Plus... sheep shearing. Is it cruel or a vital part of keeping a sheep healthy?
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Farming Programme - 8th September 2019
Sunday, September 8th, 2019
As harvest ends it’s feared the hare coursers will return. We hear what more is being done to tackle those behind the illegal sport.
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Farming Programme - 1st September 2019
Sunday, September 1st, 2019
It’s a Back to School Special as we find out about FaceTime A Farmer and hear of the educational work of Ladies in Pigs, from the group’s chair Debbie Wilson.
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Farming Programme - 25th August 2019
Sunday, August 25th, 2019
Last week on the Programme Sean discussed why cauliflowers and broccoli are in short supply at the moment. This week, there are fears, in some quarters, for your Christmas sprouts...and this time, it’s nothing to do with the weather!
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Farming Programme - 18th August 2019
Sunday, August 18th, 2019
We could be facing a shortage of cauliflowers and broccoli over the next few weeks, because of the floods - and then the mini heatwave - of earlier in the summer. Sean will hear from one farmer who's lost a million pounds worth of the popular veg this
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Farming Programme - 11th August 2019
Sunday, August 11th, 2019
You might have seen the images of farms hit by flash floods in Yorkshire last week. We’ll hear from some of those worst affected...and discover how farmers from our part of the world are digging in to help them recover.
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Farming Programme - 4th August 2019
Sunday, August 4th, 2019
The chief executive of the National Sheep Association gives his thoughts on the first week of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the increased possibility of a No-Deal Brexit.
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Farming Programme - 28th July 2019
Sunday, July 28th, 2019
Harvest is underway but once the crops are gone, the harecoursers return. Sean returns to the issue of tackling rural crime. Plus, he’ll catch up with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust....looking at the Breeds doing well and tho
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Farming Programme - 21st July 2019
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
Will it be Prime Minister Johnson or Prime Minister Hunt? In the week we get a new PM, Sean looks at what a change at the top might mean for agriculture. Also, the plan to put more trees on our farms, which might help save the environment.
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Farming Programme - 14th July 2019
Sunday, July 14th, 2019
After launching Great British Pea Week, last week, Sean helps launch Farm Safety Week. Also, as it’s Wimbledon finals day, we’ll look at this year’s Strawberry Harvest. You bring the cream
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Farming Programme - 7th July 2019
Sunday, July 7th, 2019
Sean will help launch Great British Pea Week...as he's out in the field, looking at this years pea harvest. Plus...an update on sugar beet and potatoes.
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Farming Programme - 30th June 2019
Sunday, June 30th, 2019
Sean discusses climate change and what agriculture can do to tackle it. He’ll hear of two farms...a matter of miles apart. One that’s under water because of flooding. The other in desperate need of water, suffering drought like conditions!
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